Parade and Final Years
Tati's last completed film, Parade, a film produced for Swedish television in 1973, is more or less a filmed circus performance featuring Tati's mime acts and other performers.
In 1977, he received an honorary César from the French Film Institute for his lifetime contribution to cinema.
In 1978, Tati began filming a short documentary on a French (Corsican) soccer team playing the UEFA Cup Final, 'Forza Bastia', which he did not complete. His younger daughter, Sophie Tatischeff, later edited the remaining footage, which was released in 2002 after her own death from lung cancer in 2001.
Weakened by serious health problems, Tati died on 4 November 1982, of a pulmonary embolism, leaving a final scenario called Confusion that he had completed with Jacques Lagrange.
In Paris Match, Philippe Labro reported the death of Jacques Tati under the heading, "Adieu Monsieur Hulot. On le pleure mort, il aurait fallu l'aider vivant !" ("Goodbye Monsieur Hulot. In death we cry, in life we did not help!")
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